Procession of Shadows

Procession of Shadows In the late s Juli n R os began work on what would have been his very first novel but fearing that it wouldn t pass the stringent Spanish censorship under Franco decided not to submit the complet

Title: Procession of Shadows

Author: Julián Ríos Nick Caistor

ISBN: 9781564786340

Page: 405

Format: Paperback

In the late 60s, Juli n R os began work on what would have been his very first novel, but fearing that it wouldn t pass the stringent Spanish censorship under Franco, decided not to submit the completed book to publishers Soon distracted by what would be his magnum opus the Larva series the manuscript was set aside and forgotten, until the author found and dusted it offIn the late 60s, Juli n R os began work on what would have been his very first novel, but fearing that it wouldn t pass the stringent Spanish censorship under Franco, decided not to submit the completed book to publishers Soon distracted by what would be his magnum opus the Larva series the manuscript was set aside and forgotten, until the author found and dusted it off almost fifty years later Quite unlike his later postmodernist work, the short and bitter Procession of Shadows is filled with stories of love, war, and vengeance, focusing on the tiny, remote village of Tamoga a place where vendettas are passed down from generation to generation, and where violence has left its traces in every corner A Winesburg, Ohio for the end times, Procession of Shadows shows us a very different side of the usually playful R os dark, direct, and pitiless.

1 thought on “Procession of Shadows”

Procession of Shadows's premise——nine self-contained stories that construct a "novel of Tamoga" (a spiritual companion of my beloved Invisible Cities? consider me aroused)——sounds like a beautiful thing (and it is oh yes it is). There's a curious story about this book's origin too, that you'll quickly gauge from the book's back's short synopsis or the author's forward. Julián Ríos set out to build a novel, but during the time, he feared its publication due to General Franco's censorshi [...]

This first book by Rios shows influences by Poe and Faulkner and, like many first novels by young men, an absolute hatred of suffocating life in a small town. As a result, the townspeople are painted in shades of black (unless they're handicapped, then a saintly glow overtakes their features). Nonetheless, Rios shows a great capacity for nuance of detail and narrative voice. I look forward to reading his other novels, also published by Dalkey Archive (one of my favorite, dependable publishers).